# NATO-Russia Founding Act (1997)

URL: https://history-russia.com/timeline/1997-nato-russia-founding-act
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Russia and NATO signed the Founding Act on Mutual Relations in Paris. Russia joined the Group of Eight at the Denver summit the same year. NATO admitted Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic in 1999. It was a high point of post-Cold War cooperation.

## Why it matters
It was a high point of post-Cold War cooperation.

Ruler at the time: [Boris Yeltsin](https://history-russia.com/rulers/boris-yeltsin)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia — Russia–NATO relations](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia–NATO_relations)
- [Wikipedia — G8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G8)
- [Wikipedia — History of the Russian Federation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Russian_Federation)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — NATO-Russia Founding Act](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=NATO-Russia+Founding+Act)
- [Wikipedia — Timeline of Russian history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Russian_history)